La Guardia Radio Series
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LA GUARDIA RADIO PROGRAM SERIES: LA GUARDIA RADIO PROGRAMS: THE DREAMER AND THE DOER - THE LIFE AND WORK OF FIORELLO H. LA GUARDIA
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LA GUARDIA RADIO PROGRAM SERIES: LA GUARDIA RADIO PROGRAMS: THE DREAMER AND THE DOER - THE LIFE AND WORK OF FIORELLO H. LA GUARDIA
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In the 1920s, the United States enjoyed unprecedented prosperity, and many people assumed that poverty would be eliminated entirely. However, Mayor...
- Added: Sep 01, 2015
- Length: 28:41
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia was committed to excising corruption from New York City. He battled Tammany Hall (New York’s Democratic machine) with fie...
- Added: Sep 01, 2015
- Length: 28:23
Tuberculosis claimed both Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia’s wife and daughter in 1921. His devastation over this loss coupled with the grim conditions...
- Added: Sep 01, 2015
- Length: 28:11
This recording explores Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia’s lifelong enthusiasm for aviation—from his service as a bombardier in WWI to his support of t...
- Added: Sep 01, 2015
- Length: 13:12
This recording documents Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia’s dedication to the war effort of WWII and how it impacted his mayoralty and the 1941 electio...
- Added: Aug 17, 2015
- Length: 28:29
From the time he took office on January 1, 1934, until American entry into World War II, Fiorello H. La Guardia's public works brought about in New...
- Added: Aug 11, 2015
- Length: 28:45
Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia received a great deal of praise from labor leaders for his support of organized labor in the private sector. While he ...
- Added: Jun 03, 2015
- Length: 28:13
This recording surveys Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia’s legacy of advocating tirelessly for the poor and disenfranchised. He successfully created pub...
- Added: Jun 01, 2015
- Length: 14:42
